Nvidia CPU's? Nvidia is looking at a takeover bid for ARM

Orcvader · 8 Feb 2022 at 11:34

Great news, this will keep the competition going.

Nvidia just wasted a lot of money due to still needing to pay the breakup fee

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humbug · 8 Feb 2022 at 13:34

HACO said:
Nvidia can still compete in the APU market, they don't need to own ARM for that. It will just be slower as they will need to build their microarchitecture team themselves (or via smaller acquisitions) rather than integrate it from ARM. Nvidia already have a perpetual ARM license (like Apple).

This.

kitfit1 · 8 Feb 2022 at 13:55

HACO said:
ARM wil IPO on the LSE and becomes a fully British company again. Good news!

No. Softbank has said no such thing, in fact what they have said is that is that ARM will IPO'd in the USA on the Nasdaq by March 2023.

Cyber-Mav · 8 Feb 2022 at 14:02

Orcvader said:
Nvidia just wasted a lot of money due to still needing to pay the breakup fee .

Thats gonna some out of our asses come rtx 40 series.

kitfit1 · 8 Feb 2022 at 14:04

Cyber-Mav said:
Thats gonna some out of our asses come rtx 40 series.

That was always going to happen anyway.

humbug · 8 Feb 2022 at 14:06

Given Nvidia's MO of working against the greater good i think this is a good thing.

Vulture · 8 Feb 2022 at 14:49

Nvidia is like movie villain who wants to take over the world, thank god justice stopped them.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 Feb 2022 at 16:40

ARM has done pretty well so far and will continue to do well. Hopefully companies such as Qualcomm who said they will invest in the company will do so.

BTW,the sale didn't go through because even the US regulators were against it,as big ARM licensees such as Qualcomm were concerned:

https://www.ft.com/content/ba37d061-cd26-47c0-9ff9-1fe8257ee8e2

US regulator sues to stop Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/ne...regulator-us-uk-eu-objection-softbank-2755345

US regulators filed a lawsuit last year seeking to block the merger, while British and European regulators had ordered probes into the deal.

If so many are against it tells you they think it was terrible for the market.

Vulture · 8 Feb 2022 at 17:12

Did Nvidia really think they could buy ARM?

pete910 · 8 Feb 2022 at 17:18

Gondar said:
Did Nvidia really think they could buy ARM?

Obviously, thats why its cost them $1.5B

Surely someone in Nvidia would have said " Jensen, dont think this will be accepted easily, maybe we should do some research on it first "

Journey · 8 Feb 2022 at 17:20

pete910 said:
Obviously, thats why its cost them $1.5B

Well for $1.5B they could have just about afforded an arm. :cry:

I'll get my coat.

pete910 · 8 Feb 2022 at 17:26

Journey said:
Well for $1.5B they could have just about afforded an arm.

I'll get my coat.

That was a shocking attempt at some armless banter

I'll get mine too and join you on why out

Random Guy Esq. · 8 Feb 2022 at 17:28

Have to hand it to you both.

Cyber-Mav · 8 Feb 2022 at 18:35

Was Arms plan all along. Now they got 1.5B so dont have to go bankrupt lol

HACO · 8 Feb 2022 at 18:44

Cyber-Mav said:
Was Arms plan all along. Now they got 1.5B so dont have to go bankrupt lol

Softbank got the money, not ARM.

Grim5 · 8 Feb 2022 at 19:09

kitfit1 said:
No. Softbank has said no such thing, in fact what they have said is that is that ARM will IPO'd in the USA on the Nasdaq by March 2023.

yep London, lol. It's highly likely that ARM will be on the New York stock exchange before March 2023

LePhuronn · 8 Feb 2022 at 19:20

So, will we ever find out exactly what Nvidia's plan was? Because they're perpetual license holders so never needed to buy Arm to produce CPUs. And any perceived stagnation in Arm's development which an Nvidia purchase would alleviate didn't stop Apple's creation of the M1. And any licensing fees would never cover the exorbitant initial outlay. Even screwing over everybody else and having Arm to themselves wouldn't recoup the cost of purchase.

So what, Uncle Jensen just swinging his Huang?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 8 Feb 2022 at 19:29

LePhuronn said:
So, will we ever find out exactly what Nvidia's plan was? Because they're perpetual license holders so never needed to buy Arm to produce CPUs. And any perceived stagnation in Arm's development which an Nvidia purchase would alleviate didn't stop Apple's creation of the M1. And any licensing fees would never cover the exorbitant initial outlay. Even screwing over everybody else and having Arm to themselves wouldn't recoup the cost of purchase.

So what, Uncle Jensen just swinging his Huang?

Probably to force every standard ARM SOC to have Nvidia graphics,and that is most of the market. Mediatek also announced a partnership with Nvidia too.

Cyber-Mav · 8 Feb 2022 at 20:34

LePhuronn said:
So what, Uncle Jensen just swinging his Huang?

LePhuronn · 8 Feb 2022 at 20:51

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Probably to force every standard ARM SOC to have Nvidia graphics,and that is most of the market.

Good shout